commensurable

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Difficulties have resulted from the fact that these three periods are not commensurable; that’s a fancy way of saying that one does not divide evenly into any of the others.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The analogous is not always the same as the commensurable.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2011

Conversation, as we know, denotes an interchange of commensurable meanings.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

In the modern treatment by limits the proof is divided into two parts: first, for commensurable bases; and second, for incommensurable ones.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

The main proposition, that two magnitudes balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes, is proved first for commensurable and then for incommensurable magnitudes.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little